Michael Böhme
Encounter
1995
paper
21 x 30 cm
status:
An abstract painting depicting a cosmic encounter between worlds. Part of the Ars Ad Astra exhibition aboard the MIR Space Station.
In 1995 a space art project was organized by the Swiss based OURS Foundation, in cooperation with the European Space Agency for the first art exhibition to take place beyond Earth. After holding an international competition, twenty original art works were selected by a jury of art and space experts for an exhibition on the Mir space station during the EUROMIR 95 mission.
In addition, one artwork from each artist participating in the project was digitized and installed on a portable computer that accompanied German cosmonaut Thomas Reiter on his record breaking mission.
The theme of the exhibition was "Space and Humanity". The artists were challenged to make "space qualified" artworks that were lightweight and used no toxic materials. Each artwork was carried out on paper that measured 21 x 30 cm.
On space station Mir, the cosmonaut crew consisting of Thomas Reiter and his two Russian colleagues Sergeij Avdeev and Yuri Gidzenko picked the artwork they liked best from the twenty orginals. This artwork, a watercolor by the American artist Elisabeth Carol Smith called "When Dreams are Born" was kept on the Mir station.
The remaining 19 artworks were returned to Earth on February 29, 1996. The winning artist received a special Omega Speedmaster Chronograph which was once flown on the Mir station donated by Omega SA. All twenty artists also received a set of "space qualified" acrylic artists paints donated by the Swiss art supplies manufacturer LASCAUX.
Technical information
artist
Michael Böhme
title
Encounter
date
1995
medium
paper
dimensions
21 x 30 cm
genre
Painting
IAAA art style
cosmic expressionism
this work is part of the following collection
Ars Ad Astra
artwork COSPAR id
Launch
Space
Return
launch date
3 Sept 1995
launch mission
Soyuz TM-22
launch provider
Roskosmos
return date
29 February 1996
return vehicle
Soyuz TM-22
return location
Kazakhstan
launch location
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
host vehicle
MIR Space Station
return vehicle COSPAR id
1995-047A
launching state
location
Russian Federation
LEO, MIR Space Station
host vehicle COSPAR id
1986-017A
status
Returned
launch vehicle COSPAR id
1995-047A
partners
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